Know

  • Reading has become difficult for people i know including myself.
  • Research is much easier than it ever has been
  • We are technically reading more than ever but not in the same amount of depth





Want to know

  • Did the author use Google to do research on this piece?
  • Is there currently a study going on that proves this claim with scientific research?
  • Has this "issue" been addressed by anyone else?






Learn

  • What 2001: A Space Odyssey is
  • Experts agree with author that speed reading and decreases in concentration and increases in stimuli reduce ability to deep read.
  • Same intellectual phenomenon happens with typewriter and written alphabet
  • Fredrick Winslow Taylor and taylorism.
  • Googleplex and they constant goal to make everything more efficient, AI, etc.
  • University College London study comparing skimming to actual reading


    It would be important to mention that in the beginning of this piece I doubted the author and rejected the idea that the Internet is making us dumber even before reading the article, but by the end my opinion was completely changed. I had judge too early and didn't give much credit to the author and that was a mistake because the author seems to be on to something and backed up their idea with proof. Very compelling article and a good intelligent read.